“Le bruit et l’odeur” refers to a speech given in 1991 by Jacques Chirac, the Mayor of Paris who later became French president; it translates as “noise and smell.” Thu Jul 20 In stagecraft, a spike is a marking, usually made with a piece of tape (although some theatres use pain...
The next morning was Saturday, which in my mind, means a couple things in BHM. 1) Pepper Place Market, with a guaranteed stop to see the Salsa Guy (who remembered me after a year abroad) and 2) Brunch at El Barrio, complete with a Palmoa for Two (but really just for me) and th...
Sadly, he died young in January 1969. I guess you could say he lived a full life, a real American hero, a John Wayne kind of guy. In our family we are all incredibly proud of him; none more so than my cousins, Peter and Marianne. I have been able to visit the remains of both ...
The tiny county seat of Marshall was our home until I was five, with Main Street crammed between the “Corkscrew” mountain road on one side and the French Broad River on the other. It was a town that could not care less about modernization or development. Definitely true then, perhaps tr...
Yankee Stadium teamed up with Bronx native and chef Christian Petroni who won Season 14 of Next Food Network Star on the Food Network and is now a regular judging competition shows like Chopped, Beat Bobby Flay, and Guy’s Grocery Games. ...
anyone remember this guy??? lord-amercy… I loved the movie Crocodile Dundee… made my mother rent the VHS (yep, I’m that old… lol) every time we decided to rent videos… I always wanted to rewatch my favorites… as a child, everyone thought it was odd… as an adult, okay, the...
Yankee Stadium teamed up with Bronx native and chef Christian Petroni who won Season 14 of Next Food Network Star on the Food Network and is now a regular judging competition shows like Chopped, Beat Bobby Flay, and Guy’s Grocery Games. ...
(Even my encouraging daughter told me that I shouldn’t expect to “win” the game on my first try. I think she’s concerned about the cluttered condition of the house. Or maybe she’s concerned about my sanity.) But, if you see me here on WordPress a little less for the next ...
FADE TO CHAPTER CARD: ...IF HE'S NOT CALLING YOU AMBER, pretty if a little thick in the middle, sits in the courtyard of an office park in her work clothes. AMBER Caller ID was the worst thing that's ever happened to me. Total invasion of my personal freedom. When a guy doesn'...
Whoa! … And we don't mean that in a good way. Re- cent media reports say that our neighbor to the immedi- ate west, Highland Park, has reached yet another low. As if that struggling city hasn't had it bad enough in recent years, things are about to get worse. The city is ...